DIY
The Finished Pantry!
The pantry is complete and I'm sharing a bunch of photos today! We actually finished it a couple weeks ago, and it has been a dream to have and use. It signifies the completion of a year of hard work and transformation in our home, but specifically this corner of the home. The best way […]
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November 11, 2015
DIY
DIY Modern Traditional House Number Plaque
Over the summer, we swapped out the lights on our garage and added a pretty hanging basket of flowers. While we are continually smitten with the new lights, the flowers ran their course (pretty quickly!) and we were left with a big womp womp. We tried a few other flowers but our garage gets sun […]
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November 3, 2015
DIY
A New Table + The Dining Room Before & Afters!
We got ourselves a new dining room table! When we shared the before and afters of our kitchen renovation, so many of you wanted to see how the rest of the great room worked into the new kitchen, specifically the dining room since they are so close in proximity. At the time, we were in […]
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October 28, 2015
DIY
DIY Harry Potter-esque Hanging Candles + Party Decor Details
We had our 5th annual costume party this weekend and, somehow, each year it manages to be even more fun. Most of our friends and family go all out with their costumes and some we even barely recognize when they show up. It's a complete riot and we are so grateful all of our different […]
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October 26, 2015
DIY
Before & After: We have a (Finished!) Coat Closet!
When we shared our laundry room before and afters, so many people wondered, well…what's on the other side of the room? Oh you mean on the other side of this?? (See all the before and afters of the laundry room here) We conveniently left those pictures out, because, well, it looked like this: Avert your […]
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October 6, 2015
DIY
It's Done! : The Full Kitchen Reveal
The day has come! Our kitchen renovation is finished 7 weeks after we started tearing out our old tile countertops and I can't wait to share with you photos of what it looks like today. I've put all the sources at the bottom of the post for your convenience. When we moved into our home […]
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September 23, 2015
DIY
Sealing our White Concrete Countertops
Definitely one of the most popular projects of our kitchen renovation so far has been our DIY white concrete countertops. You can read the whole post here (if you scroll down to the bottom of that post, Z Counterform has even offered up a discount code to our readers after the post went live). There was […]
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September 17, 2015
DIY
Customizing Our Ikea Kitchen Island
This weekend, we finally paid some much needed attention to our island. Up to this point, it has been mostly covered with tools and supplies in photos bearing its bad, fake brown wood interior for all of you to see. We had always planned to cover those sides with the coordinating Laxarby cover panels that […]
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September 14, 2015
DIY
Our DIY Reclaimed Wood Open Shelving + Fresh Flowers
This project tutorial is sponsored by The Bouqs Company--a new flower delivery service that’s easy, fresh, and beautiful. We hung open shelving in the kitchen this week! It was a decision I touched on in this post, and we're so glad we went this route. After living in a construction zone for the past 5 […]
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September 10, 2015
DIY
A Fresh Take on a Classic Tiled Backsplash
The backsplash is in! Last week, after we put the girls to bed, Chris and I tiled the whole back wall of the kitchen and a little bit on the left sink wall. It took us about 8 hours total over a few nights, including grouting which is nothing compared to the 20+ hours it […]
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September 8, 2015
DIY
DIY White Concrete Countertops
Ever since we came in contact with the Pugmire's concrete countertops in their kitchen, we have had it in the back of our minds for ours--except in white to contrast our dark cabinets. We love to mix traditional and modern with an industrial edge in our home and white concrete countertops around the perimeter of […]
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August 27, 2015
DIY
The Kitchen's New Layout, with Walls and Everything.
I meant to write this post last week from my hotel room in Mexico (my little sis got married!), but the internet was nowhere near reliable enough to upload the photos, so this kitchen update is coming at you today! My apologies in advance--you'll likely get at least one more kitchen update this week. I […]
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August 10, 2015
DIY
A Walnut Counter And Backsplash in the Laundry Room
This laundry room is wrapping up quick. As in, I think (I hope!) this is the last post before the big before and afters of this used-to-be bathroom. Since we write all of our projects in real time as projects actually happen and progress, it's easy for me to feel super pumped about each piece […]
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July 2, 2015
DIY
The Laundry Room's Plank Style Counters
It's been a few weeks since we checked in with the laundry room. Our small, but mighty, sink that we ordered to fit into that 15" wide base cabinet was on backorder and it finally got here last week! We celebrated because this was the last thing we needed to wrap up this laundry room. […]
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June 25, 2015
DIY
A DIY Raised Feeding Station for Charly + Free month to BarkBox!
We recently celebrated the second anniversary of having Charly as part of our family. (You can read about when we got her here and the 1st year here.) Our lives and home would not be complete without this big (150lb!) girl who is part St. Bernard and part Great Pyrenees. The most enjoyable thing about […]
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June 18, 2015
Art
DIY Large Stretched Canvas
You may have caught that we moved the painting that was originally on the entry wall into the study a few weeks ago. It fit the vibe so well in there and the size was perfect for above the couch. I broke my rule of No taking items from one space to decorate another, but in this […]
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June 15, 2015
DIY
The DIY That Has Saved Us Over $2k in the past 18 Months
According to the Liberty Mutual Insurance New Beginnings Report, 71% of Americans have plans to tackle a DIY project this year, with cost savings being the main reason. More and more people are DIYing. It's a heart-warming and exciting statistic that we can relate to--afterall, that's how this whole blog really started. We just couldn't […]
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May 29, 2015
DIY
An Unbelievable, Complete DIY Kitchen Renovation
We've shared parts of our friends, the Pugmire's, home before when we helped renovate their laundry room earlier this year and update their pantry last year. In fact, I've even mentioned Preston sang at our wedding! They're our favorite. We've been good friends for years, but the friendship is reaching besties status now that we […]
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May 28, 2015
DIY
How To Trim Out IKEA Cabinets
Last time we showed you the laundry room, it looked something like this: We had just installed our new Ikea cabinets and hardware, as well as lighting, too. (I could not find a pulled back photo of the cabinets with hardware before we trimmed it out--hence the lack of pretty gold pulls in the photo above.) While […]
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May 26, 2015
Decor
Motorized Shades, ftw
Last week, in the midst of an Atlanta trip, cookbook shooting and an NYC trip, we installed something we've been wanting for a long time now. Can you spot it? Blinds for the stairwell! But these aren't any blinds--those wouldn't do--these are motorized shades and we're more than a little excited about them. When we […]
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May 18, 2015
